Chemical and physical oceanographic data collected from the METEOR research vessel in the North Atlantic Ocean during August and September 1997. The dataset includes measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon, chlorofluorocarbons, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, salinity, and temperature. It was collected by researchers from Dalhousie University, the Federal Maritime Agency Hamburg, and the Max Planck Institute as part of the CARINA and WOCE AR07Ei VEINS projects.
Use Cases
- Modeling oceanic carbon uptake and storage based on dissolved inorganic carbon measurements.
- Analyzing historical chlorofluorocarbon (CFC-11, CFC-12) distributions for ocean tracer studies.
- Studying nutrient cycles (nitrate, phosphate, silicate) in the North Atlantic Ocean.
- Investigating water column structure and properties using CTD-derived temperature, salinity, and pressure profiles.
Strengths
- Data is part of the CARINA international synthesis project, which aims for internal consistency.
- Includes multiple chemical and physical variables (12 listed) for integrated analysis.
- Specific temporal coverage from 1997-08-15 to 1997-09-09.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single cruise in the North Atlantic.
Provenance
- Source
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Collection Method
- Data collected using CTD and bottle instruments from the METEOR vessel.
- Time Range
- 1997-08-15 to 1997-09-09
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-05 23:45:29.083122; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- North Atlantic Ocean